The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-28
Sealed Ballots.

Wnetner the Bangor ana PlScataQulS people
Will fight this proposition as they did the
other, is doubtful at present.
Sealed Ballots.
Senator Weymouth Of York did his part to
flood the Senate with business this forenoon.
He presented large number Of petitions for
the repeal of the trustee process and the law
of Imprisonment for debt, and then brought
forward bill to prevent fraud at elections.
This bill, which is backed up by numerous
petitions from Biddeford, provides that some
time before election the clerk of every town
shall possess himself of some envelopes
three inches wide and four and one-half
inches long, ready for sealing, and plain ex-
cept for stamp of the arms of the State.
These envelopes shall be given to the electors
and each shall put into his envelope his bal
lot and deposit it in one ballot box. AT the
close of the polls, the envelopes must be
compared with the check list and then the
envelopes may be torn open and the votes
counted. The bill makes provisions for
counting or rejecting in case more than one
vote is found in an envelope, and also pro-
,yldes penalties, etc, for enforcement of the
law.
Early York Documents.
This old wills of York county go back to
4VoV 1uCJ dhCCt lItdl tSldLe Scdll6IbQ dll
over the State from Kittery to the Penob-
scot. as in early times York county was most
of Maine. Until the separation of the coun-
ties, about 1850, these wills were recorded in
the Office of the clerk of courts, tie register
of deeds, and later of the probate Judge
Mr.. Allen of Alfred presented today bill to
provide for collecting all these wills in one
volume of about 650 pages. He also presented
bill to allow the cities and towns of York
count y to assist in the publication of the
early York records, which are now being
prepared for publication by the Maine His
torical Society.
Re-assessment of Taxes.
Mr.. Allen of Alfred, has presented to the
House bill additional to Chapter six of the
Revised Statutes, to provide for the re-as-
sessment of taxes in certain cases. When
ever any tax except poll tax is invalid by
reason of any error in the assessment, and
has not been paid or has been recov cred
back, it may. if Mr.. Aliens bill becomes a
law, be re-assessed by the assessors for the
time being who shall levy the tax as it ought
to have been levied at first No removal of
persons from the city or town, or alienation
OF the real estate assessed within the limit of
two years, shall defeat such re-assessment.
State Board of Health.
Mr.. Powers of Houlton, introduced a bill
today to increase the appropriation for the
State Board of Health from $4,000 to $1,000
year. The bill would also provide that the
annual report of the board shall be made to
the Governor and Council instead of to the
Legislature; and that 5000 copies of this re-
port shall be presented, 5000 of which shall
be bound in cloth, One-half of these reports
would be for the Legislature and the remain
der for foreign exchanges and the people of
the State.
Eastern Trust and Banking Com
pany.
The heaviest business men of Bangor re-
monstrate against the incorporation of the
Eastern Trust and Banking Company unless
there shall be added to the charter an
amendment to the effect: "The shares of
said Association shall be subject to munich
pal taxation in the same manner as are the
shares of National Banks"
Ninety-Two, but Wants to Vote.
Among the many petitions for the consti-
tutional amendment for woman suffrage to
the people was one from Hollis and Buxton,
which Mr. Clarke of Saco. presented this
morning. 1t was headed by Hannah L.
Usher, aged 92.''
Notes.
Mr.. Beal of Fairfield presents bill to pro-
vide that when a road is laid out that an en-
closed pasture opens into such road, the, ex-
pense of the fencing such pasture along the
road shall be paid by the town.
Mr.. Clifford of Auburn, presented bill to-
day to prohibit fishing of any kind between
Noy. 1st and May 1st in Taylor Pond and its
outlet as far down stream as the tower mill
dam of Ii. and M. Willis, in Auburn.
The Senate ordered today that the Com
missioners on contagious diseases of animals
be requested to make their majority report
for 1856.
The committee on agriculture will visit the
State College tomorrow. 1t is expected that
when they return they will have something
to say about the management of the cattle at
the institution,
Charles Ii. Burd Of Belfast is thinking of
going into oyster planting, and bill was
presented in the Legislature this morning,
granting to him 'the exclusive right and au-
thority to use the tide waters in Belfast river
and Belfast bay, from Sears Island to Satur-
day Cove, in Northport, for the cultivation
and propagation OF oysters for the term of
twenty-five years" The product of this
oyster garden would be exempted from taxa
uoh Aoi q eSAui VI VCh ytdlo.
S. A. Nye, Josiah Chase, Alonzo Chase
J. n. Haynes and Elias Milliken are named
as the incorporators of the Spencer Dam
Company. They want charter to build
dams and make improvements on Spencer
stream.
Mr.. G. M. Donham is here to see about the
contract for the Maine Year Book for the
firm of w. III. Stevens Il Co.
The bill to legalize the doings Of the town
Of Westbrook at its annual meeting in
March, relating to Woodlawn Cemetery, has
been reported favorably to the House.
Senator Harmon of York county was called
home very suddenly this morning'by the i'll
ness of his mother.
A bill to incorporate the Diamond Illumi-
mating Company names A. f. Crockett, S.
NJ. Bird, Fred Atwood, Edward Swasey,
and Nathan Cleaves as the incorporators
the corporate stock is fixed at $4,000 with
power to increase 1t to 100000. The object
OF the company is to furnish light, heat and